Metal buck and trim



Dec, 29, 1931. i. A. BAUM METAL BUCK AND TRIM Filed Feb. 21, 1929Patented Dec. 29, 1931 UNITED STATES ISAAC A. BAUM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOISMETAL BUCK AND TRIM Application filed February 21, 1929.

My invention relates to frames for wall openings and particularly to anovel metal construction having numerous advantages over theconstructions heretofore proposed.

An object of my invention is to provide an all-metal buck, bead andcombined jamb and trim adapted to be simply and expeditiously installed.The metal buck is intended to be first installed then the tile wall laidin place. Thereafter, the plaster is applied and the metal trim added tocover the rough metal parts and provide a decorative finish.

The invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a sectional view through aconst-ruction arranged in accordance with my invention; and

Fig. 2 is a perspective View thereof.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary, rear perspective View of the buck construction.

The metal buck shown in the drawings is of generally channel shapehaving a web 10, side flanges 11 and marginal flanges 12 acting as aplaster terminal. The edge 13 of the sheet 12 is rebent constituting aplaster anchor- Ears ll are struck out from the channel and adapted tolie alongside of the masonry wall. Projections 14av struck out of theflange 11, serve as plaster anchors.

A wood block 15 is mounted within the channel and held in place by nails16 or other suitable fastening means, the block serving as a means ofattachment of the jamb and trim about to be described.

The jamb and trim are preferably constructed in two sections which mayor may not be of duplicate form. In the drawings, the two sections areof identical form, each section consisting of a flat portion 17 actingas a jamb, an angularly disposed portion 18 adapted to engage over thecorner of the wood block and to lie against the plaster terminal 12, anda trim portion 19 bent into a desired configuration. The marginalportion 20 is bent inwardly to lie against the plaster portion at 21.The section at the opposite side is a duplicate of that described, aspace 22 remaining at the inside edges of the flat portion 17 of thejamb. This pro- Scrial' No. 341,741.

vides for the admission of a screw 23 that passes through the stopmember 2a which may be, as shown, of hollow metal construe tion. Screws25 pass through the flat por tion 17 of the jamb into the wood block. Byarranging the channel shaped buck with its flanges projecting toward theopenings in the wall I am able to utilize a wood block within thechannel as a means for securing the trim, j amb and door stop byordinary wood screws. This greatly facilitates the installation or thosenecessary parts of the door opening.

t is obvious that while this has been described as particularlyadaptable for the framing of door openings, the same id as may beutilized in connection with the framing of window openings and I do notwish to be limited except as indicated in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In combination, a channel shaped metal buck, the flanges of whichproject into the door opening, a wood block secured in the channel and acombined metal jamb and trim composed of two sections with the divisionpoint beneath the stop, and a stop overlying the division point, thejamb and stop being secured to the block.

2. In combination, a channel shaped buck, the flanges of which projectaway from the edge of the wall and the margins of which flanges areprovided with plaster terminals, a combined j amb and trim formed in twosections, said sections overlying and concealing the buck and block andsecured to the wood block and a stop overlying and concealing the jointin said two sections.

3. In combination, a channel shaped buck, the flanges of which projectaway from the edge of the wall and the margins of which flanges areprovided with plaster terminals, a combined j amb and trim divided intotwo sections along a line beneath a door stop, a door stop overlying thesaid division line, and fastening means extending into the space betweenthe edges of the sections for securing the stop to the block.

In testimony wherof I have affixed my signature.

ISAAC A. BAUM.

